Chomp

Cat bites.

I grew up with cats. My family has had seven within my lifetime; four of which are still alive and kicking. One is helping me write this blog. Actually he is laying up against my computer so there is no hope that the fan will blow the hot air out and the thing with probably explode. The computer, not the cat, but lets hope that I get this blog finished before computer go boom.

So I'm b-sitting this summer. That is my job. And I was petting their cat, who, to repay my kindness, took a good chunk out of my hand. Ya'll know the spot; the fleshy part between thumb and pointer finger.

I'm curious where the cat-bite-phobia came from. Numerous people have told me numerous times that you get bit by a cat and you go get antibiotics because you will die or loose an appendage. I have had seven cats. When I got bit real bad I reverted to good old soap, water, Neosporin and bandage, not the twenty bucks for doctor visit and then the second twenty for drugs. I still have both legs, both arms, all fingers and all toes. We'll assume I'm still alive. I don't see the scary in a small bite. I even had a cat that chewed on my foot.

Perhaps we need to be a little less germ-a-phobic and a little more common sense filled.

A study just came out recently that to avoid allergies and asthma in a child, said child and all of his/her friends should go roll in the dirt because it exposes the immune system to bacteria and germs and allows that immune system to get strong. Take a guess where my kids are going to play? Granted this doesn't apply to everyone, me for one. I have terrible allergies (environment and food) and my favorite play place was the dirt hole in the back yard, but I do believe for the greater population, it works.

Lets play in the dirt and lets use soap and water before panicking. (And I don't want all ya'll telling me its a prepared thing. If that were the case you wouldn't have been bit by the cat in the first place).

Have a great, ponderous week.

Pictures: These were taken with the highest digital technology available. First is my computer exploding. Second it me being bitten by a cat. Third is children in the dirt. Fourth is a germ.

Summer Time in Cincy is . . .

Limeade
River
Ignoring creepies at the river
Park
Ices at the park
Movies in the middle of church fields
Cats
Dogs and Vets
Carting kids
B-sitting different kids
Guy shopping
Hissing cats
Missing cell phones
Throwing cheeseburgers at people
Loud music
Handcuffs
Plants
Housework
Picnics
Illegal beach fires
Propane cannons
PVC cannon
Cornhole
Baseball
Chinese Food (which, surprising as it is, we haven't done yet)
Mike
Canoing
Tipping Canoes
Swimming
Flipping canoes back over
Sinking heels in dirt
Heels in gravel
Heels in sand
Ghost buster spraying
Crawling girl ghosts
Camping
Nature as a bathroom (liberating in my opinion)
And enjoying the short break from academia.

Pictures: First is of the Reds stadium. Second is of Jonathan eating a cheeseburger. Third is Mike. Fourth is Carrie laying on a Cornhole board.

Co-written by the lovely Olivia and thanks to Katie V. for the pictures!

Hum Dee Do

So, the last week has been work filled, which I probably shouldn't complain to much about because I basically got to sit pool-side for hours and tend the small children that I am b-sitting. And while the mid-west is still lacking in rainfall, the days have been bareable. A high of eighty-five, cool morning and evenings, and thank goodness no humidity; no, there is really nothing to complain about.

Yesterday evening I met with Liv and Rose and we went to get ice cream. Rose just returned from her two and one half month stay in Mexico. It was part of a study abroad program. No matter the university I suggest looking into studying abroad. It is a great way to experience the world. I personally feel that Americans are spoiled in the ways that other counties have accomidated our language and our customs and I feel that everybody should explore beyond the boarders at least once in their life. So check out a study abroad program because it is a great way to accomplish such a thing as well as continue your education.

Anyway, we looked at nearly four hundred pictures from her adventures, ate ice cream, and caught up. It was great for "Charlie's Angels" (as a comedian coined us) to be back together. I believe there are soon pool dates planned as well as a camping trip planned for the near future.

Have a great week.

Okay so there have been a few inspirations this week, as far as writing and pictures go. Writing wise, each paragraph was composed to a different song.

Para 1= "Stolen" Dashboard Confessional

Para 2= "How to Save a Life" The Fray

Para 3= "Take Me Home Tonight" Eddie Money

Pictures= "Over and Over" Tim McGraw with Nelly

Picture: Since I'm running out . . . grr, I've had to dip into the albums of goofy things done duing the school year and lucky me I came across the Troll pictures. This is Megan's troll that has done some traveling. She had Thanksgiving with me and these are some snapshots of her adventure. (Song: "Get Out Alive" Three Days Grace)

Summer the First

So, I've done some stuff this summer.

I started working, yay money. It's a great job, great people, great hours, so much fun.

I've been writing a bit.

This morning I invaded Katie's house early and we made pancakes then ate them then did dishes then talked for a bit and she made me CD. I enjoyed hanging with her because she leaves for the cape in a few days.

There was a movie day about a week ago that involved movies, sleeping, shaved ice, Apples to Apples, the park, a sweat bee, Mike, burping, soda (or pop if you prefer) and a couch. Feel free to combine those things in any order you feel like. If you don't describe the most recent movie day, you'll probaly get one of the past ones.

My cat is walking on the table where he is not allowed . . .

I'm running out of pictures to put on here. I'll just have to steal pictures from people I don't even know. Hope they don't mind. That would be an interesting discovery. "Hey look, there I am, on the blog of a girl I don't even know" . . . yea, so maybe I'll just have to steal a camera, from somebody I know of course.

Have a great week.

Pictures:

1) The shaved ice shake in Ohio that is great whether is it warm or cold. I prefer warm but shaved ice can be yummy if you are having a hot flash in the winter or if you just enjoy being cold-cold.
2) That is Mike
3) Katie's Apples to Apples starting hand. A great variety.
4) To go along with the post about Internet 2.0 this is me taking full advantage of the internet I don't have at my house.

Web 2.0

Have ya'll heard of this yet? I hadn't until I had. Web 2.0 is the next generation of internet communication and refers to an update in the systems/programs that allow for online interaction and conversation. It is not a complete updated internet, like the name suggests.

As a member of a generation where I knew how to use a computer before I did a microwave this update didn't strike me as odd. Who doesn't know how to IM or blog? Who doesn't know Facebook, MySpace, or Live Journal? Even simpler, who doesn't e-mail? But then a broader area of my mind took over, thank the maker, and I realized that we are in a very interesting stage. We have four distinct computer generations with us. We have Generation One (G1) which has no idea what a computer is, how is works, and doesn't want to know either. We have G2 which didn't grow up with a computer but because the demand in work place and home life is so great they have forced themselves to become Tect. savvy, or not, and rely on G3 to help them. G3 is my generation. We grew up with computers at home and in school but we still learns penmanship and had to write papers in pen during class. Finally is G4. G4 has never been without a computer and can press and button and make everything better when the world is crashing down (computer style) and everything is okay.

So, generation established I think our societal direction along with these generations and Web 2.0 is interesting. G1 will eventually be gone. It will be a task to find someone who doesn't know the workings of a computer. An update of internet communication with this "advanced" (used loosly) society is a step in the direction of efficiency. Stamp prices did go up when e-mail is free and quicker.

Honestly, I am disappointed that handwritten communication is going by the wayside. I enjoy pen and paper. I still write all first drafts in that form. I enjoy walking out to my mailbox and seeing a letter in there with my name on it and I enjoy loosing my eye sight to badly formed letters that even a computer couldn't read.

Web 2.0 a quest for efficiency but assisting in a lost history.

So despite all our trying to be different, the kid and I are quite similar. Picture one: her close to the camera. Picture two: me close to the camera, at different times of course. Picture three: Goofy us. Picture four is another attack. This time I tied her to a cat carrier. Ah, we always have so much fun. And trust me, we were laughing the entire time because she said I okay when I told her to lay on the floor and put her head in the carrier and then let me tie her us. She is in fact a lot stronger than I am.

Scrambled Chickens

Mk, so I had a very interesting revolation yesterday morning during a lovely breakfast with my dad. I enquired as to how they-- I always find the use of the word they to symbolize an unknown group interesting as well-- came up with the idea/the product of scrambled eggs. I like eggs. I do prefer mine scrambled. I eat them with salt, cheese, and hot sauce. Yay eggs. Okay, so how did we get scrambled eggs.

My theory:

There were two farmers standing outside the chicken coop and one farmer said I wonder what would happen if we shook a chicken. Would that scramble the eggs? The other farmer laughed and said no. Farmer one picked up a chicken and shook it anyway. When the chicken laid eggs farmer two had been correct, the eggs were not scrambled so farmer one tried a new way and he just scrambled the eggs' insides. Hence, scrambled eggs.

Disclaimer: as a result of reading this please do not go shake chickens. It is not fun for you or the chicken and any injury that might come from chicken shaking I am not responsible for.

So scrambled eggs, mmm. I had toast this morning with homemade (by my grandma) strawberry jelly. When I get my own place I will make jellys. I like to cook. One of the first things I did when I got home was make brownies, from scratch mind you. That is melting chocolate/shorting, mixing in everything else and baking. And I made dinner. So good.

Have a great week.

Pictures: What are they saying?

Number One: "Ah, home at last."

Number Two: "Hi, I'm Gretchen!"

Number Three: "I'm too good to look at you."

Number Four: "Help!" (which she was actually screaming after I tied her to a deck chair using her own sweatshirt sleeves. Yay sisters!

Nyumbani ya Samantha Kiswahili

Hamjumbo,

Mimi ni mwanafunzi wa chou cho Ohio Wesleyan Univeristy. Mimi ninasoma Kiswahili wa OWU na mimi ninaandika blog wa OWU Kiswahili.

Kiswahili ni lugha inasema barra la Afrika na nchi ya England. Mimi siishi barra la Afrika ou nchi ya England. Mimi ninaishi jimbo la Ohio. Mimi ninaishi mji wa Delaware kwasababu mimi ninasoma chou cho OWU. Mimi ninajifunza Kiswahili na English. Pia, mimi ninaandika hadithia. Hadithi ni muhimu kwasababu inafundisha manna ya myisha na disturia na kabila wa watu. Mimi ninaandika kuhusu myisha ya watu. Mimi ninapenda hadithi.

Mimi nina rafiki jina lake Katie. Katie anasoma chou cho Colby jimbo la Maine. Katie anazuru nyumbani karibu. Baada ya nyumbani, Katie anazuru Cape Cod kwasababu yeye anaishi Cape Cod majiri ya joto. Mimi ninataka kuzuru Katie lakini mimi sinina fedha. Mimi ninapenda ndege na sizuri mimi sizuru Katie.

Mimi ninataka kuandika blog Kiswahili kwasababu mimi sina la kufanya na anaandika Kiswahili ni burudani. Na anaandika Kiswahili anaonyesha lugha walimu wa chou cho OWU ni wazuru.

Kwa herini!

PS. The pictures have absolutely nothing to do with what the blog is about. Thought that disclaimer might be better served in English.
Have a great week.